• 1885 Manitoba, newly married woman must get a new certificate of title in her husband’s name for any property she owns. (Similar legislation, Alberta 1906)

• 1885 Manitoba, wife’s right to share of husband’s property (her dower right) abolished. Same provisions in North-west Territories, 1887. (Dower rights still recognized in Ontario & in British common law.)

• 1902 Manitoba, if husband dies intestate, wife allowed 1/3 of estate if children, or all, if no children. No legislative protection if husband had a will.

• 1915 Alberta, Married Woman’s Home Protection Act, wife can prevent sale of home site. Under federal naturalization legislation, new provision for wife's name to be on a certificate of naturalization granted to husband. (And, if her name appeared before 1947, she became a Canadian citizen 1 January, 1947, as long as she was not an alien on that date.

In 1920, new federal requirements---British citizen, over 21, 1 year Canadian residence, etc., but still racial restrictions. Racial and religious restrictions on voting and holding public office were in place, at various times, against those of Japanese, East Indian, native Indian or Chinese backgrounds, and against Doukhobors, Mennonites, and some Roman Catholics.